mismetremismeterv.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈmiːtə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈmidər/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and metre v.; also late Middle English mysmetere; Scottish pre-1700 mismeter, pre-1700 mismetir.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, metre v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + metre v.

transitive. To spoil or mistake the metre of (verse, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)] > spoil metre of

mismetrea1425

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 1796 So prey I God that non myswrite the, Ne the mysmetre [v.rr. mysmetere, misse-metre] for defaute of tonge.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Concl. 217 Take gud tent..Ȝhe nowder maggill nor mismetir my ryme.

1737 T. Morrell in G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Pref. p. xxiii He hath been so wretchedly abused, miswrote and mismetred by all his Editors, the last not excepted.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 228 (note) Whether these verses are her own composition, or whether she only remembered, and elongated, and mis-metered them.

1891 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer III. vii. 207 No one capable of reading can manage to mismetre them.

1963 A. Brown & P. G. Foote Early Eng. & Norse Stud. 39 The next stanza, which begins with the hope that the text will not be miswritten nor mismetred by scribes and lesser breeds without the law of final -e.

Derivatives

misˈmetring n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > spoiling metre of

mismetring1509

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 220 Go, little boke! I praye God the save From misse metrying by wrong impression.

1989 Notes & Queries June 159/2 We can—by brutal mismetring—force Chaucer's poetry into the straightjacket of Barclay's metrics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mismetre
释义	mismetremismeterv. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈmiːtə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈmidər/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and metre v.; also late Middle English mysmetere; Scottish pre-1700 mismeter, pre-1700 mismetir. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, metre v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + metre v. transitive. To spoil or mistake the metre of (verse, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)] > spoil metre of mismetrea1425 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 1796 So prey I God that non myswrite the, Ne the mysmetre [v.rr. mysmetere, misse-metre] for defaute of tonge. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Concl. 217 Take gud tent..Ȝhe nowder maggill nor mismetir my ryme. 1737 T. Morrell in G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Pref. p. xxiii He hath been so wretchedly abused, miswrote and mismetred by all his Editors, the last not excepted. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 228 (note) Whether these verses are her own composition, or whether she only remembered, and elongated, and mis-metered them. 1891 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer III. vii. 207 No one capable of reading can manage to mismetre them. 1963 A. Brown & P. G. Foote Early Eng. & Norse Stud. 39 The next stanza, which begins with the hope that the text will not be miswritten nor mismetred by scribes and lesser breeds without the law of final -e. Derivatives misˈmetring n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > spoiling metre of mismetring1509 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 220 Go, little boke! I praye God the save From misse metrying by wrong impression. 1989 Notes & Queries June 159/2 We can—by brutal mismetring—force Chaucer's poetry into the straightjacket of Barclay's metrics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1425
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